In short
Because heart disease, not liver disease, is the most common cause of death in people with fatty liver.
Fatty liver and heart disease share the same roots. Looking after one helps the other.
- Know your blood pressure, sugar (HbA1c) and cholesterol numbers
- Take your heart and diabetes medicines as prescribed
- Stop smoking
- Move more every day
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Sources
- EASL–EASD–EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of MASLD. J Hepatol 2024;81:492–542. Link
Last updated 2026-10-03. Based on international and Saudi guidelines. Education only: it does not replace your doctor. Read the disclaimer.